Senior Full-Stack Engineer
UK
The median Senior Full-Stack Engineer daily rate in the UK is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 522 | 572 | 672 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +50 | +100 | +145 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior Full-Stack Engineer | 9 | 22 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.030% | 0.050% | 0.020% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.033% | 0.054% | 0.021% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 19 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £384 | £493 | £406 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £506 | £516 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £534 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.62% | -7.13% | -20.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £598 | £613 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £653 | £725 | £788 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £433 | £534 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -19.01% | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 27,555 | 40,760 | 52,445 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.22% | 92.89% | 94.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,702 | 26,110 | 36,551 |
| 10th Percentile | £290 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £408 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +2.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | -2.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,184 | 2,977 | 1,489 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.85 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £16.37 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.17 | £37.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.55% | -16.67% | +76.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £62.50 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £73.85 | £76.99 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £40.59 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | -1.45% | +102.95% |
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Full-Stack Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Full-Stack Engineer.
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Full-Stack Engineer over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Full-Stack Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| Work from Home | +37 | 7 | £452 | -15.36% | 659 |
| England | +47 | 5 | £414 | -22.47% | 851 |
| London | +37 | 3 | £414 | -22.62% | 335 |
| UK excluding London | +32 | 2 | £433 | -19.01% | 568 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £490 | - | 38 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £490 | - | 85 |
| South West | - | 1 | £375 | - | 53 |
Senior Full-Stack Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 19 June 2025, Senior Full-Stack Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Senior Full-Stack Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Full-Stack Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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